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20th Century Europe

1/15/14
18th century- many great events happening
Enlightenment- began in France
New generation of people
First Political Revolution- France 1789
3 main social classes- royal class (no taxes), peasants (taxed)
Third class was responsible for everything
From the European past: The First Industrial Revolution
Use of child labor
Social Protest
Luddites movement
Neal Ludd was the Robin Hood figure
Most important industry started- Textiles
Cotton Spinning
Richard Arkwright’s water frame, patented in 1769
Steam Power
Newcomen’s Steam Engine
First safe and successful steam power plant
Invented by Newcomen in 1712
Steam power locomotive
Iron Making
The Barrow Hematite Steel Company
Largest iron and steel works in the world during the Industrial Revolution
Located in Lancashire, England
The Second Industrial Revolution
Steel Industry
Henry Bessemer
Founded the Bessemer Processor steel manufacturing in 1856
Bessemer converter in Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield England
William Siemens
Improved the process of steel manufacturing
Reduced the cost of production
Electricity
Impacted everyday life
Thomas Edison
Invented the incandescent lamp in 1879
Transportation
100K miles of track- end of 19th century
Suez Canal
Construction began by French in 1869
Finished by British in 1879
Suez Canal was celebrated- built Opera house and brought in great composers- Idia
Fast Clipper Ship
Karl Benz
Invented the gas powered internal combustion engine in 1885
Henry Ford
Made the automobile more affordable
1903 Ford Model A
Orville & Wilbur Wright
The Wright Flyer 1- December 17th, 1903
North Carolina
Communication and Education Advances
Telegraph- 1830
Alexander Graham Bell
Invented the telephone in 1876
Other Scientific Advances
Alfred Nobel
Invented dynamite in 1867
James Joule
Defined many laws of thermodynamics
Michael Faraday
Made significant discoveries in the field
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